Despite the great work being done to improve transparency within the court of protection it is still largely misunderstood. Where this lack of understanding comes to the forefront, in my line of work anyway, is when P’s family members are parties to proceedings. For a variety of reasons, mainly due to the poor state ofContinue reading “Making the public body’s point for them: what not to do as a family member in the Court of Protection – part 1”
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Discussing care plans within court proceedings: part 2 – the nitty gritty
This is the follow up post to my last one on the topic of care planning discussions whilst Court of Protection proceedings are ongoing. You can read that post here. We’re not talking about Z today, but about U. U is in her 40s and has been diagnosed with a number of complex mental healthContinue reading “Discussing care plans within court proceedings: part 2 – the nitty gritty”
Discussing care plans within court proceedings: part 1 – the broad brush
I am surprised by how often with my job I find myself in a situation where everyone round the table has a different idea of what the court’s role is when discussing care planning. I am talking predominantly about cases where there is some kind of dispute about a care plan, for example, where thereContinue reading “Discussing care plans within court proceedings: part 1 – the broad brush”
Office conversations on accessible information
I have been fortunate enough to be involved in some work about making legal information more accessible to non-legal professionals, particularly those who might have additional difficulties in understanding this information. Lawyers are traditionally quite wordy people, and there are a large number of lawyers out there who tend to speak in the way thatContinue reading “Office conversations on accessible information”
Just a quick update
This isn’t a terribly exciting post, but I feel like I owe it to you all to update you as I am acutely awake that I have been neglecting this site. There’s a few reasons why. Firstly, my new job has been more demanding than I expected. I’m not complaining, I’m pretty happy in myContinue reading “Just a quick update”
Reflections on informed consent
This is an issue I’ve been thinking about recently. I’ve had some health issues of my own which have resulted in more interactions with medical professionals than I’d like. No offence is intended to medical professionals and I’m glad they’re there, it’s just that I very much prefer my life when I don’t need toContinue reading “Reflections on informed consent”
Refusal of care: when it’s not so simple
Today I want to talk about an issue that I have come across regularly in practice: individuals who are refusing care. The reason I am talking about this is that I have seen this concept misused by public authorities when this is convenient for them. I have a case at the moment where this isContinue reading “Refusal of care: when it’s not so simple”
Education and social care crossover: transport
One of the many niche areas I have built up over the course of my career is the overlap between education and social care. For a period of 18 months or so, I ran a mixed social care and education case load, and I was called in to advise on a few overlap cases afterContinue reading “Education and social care crossover: transport”
About face: changing your position during Court of Protection proceedings part 3
This is the third post in a series about changing your mind during Court of Protection proceedings. If you’ve not read parts 1 and 2, feel free to do so. But I’ll briefly recap the scenario too. Essentially, my client was in a care home, suffering from dementia and objecting to her residence there. HerContinue reading “About face: changing your position during Court of Protection proceedings part 3”
About face: changing your position during Court of Protection proceedings – part 2
In this series of posts, I’m exploring how to approach a situation if, during Court of Protection proceedings, the professionals views about what I’d viable or what is in P’s best interests. It happens sometimes, and it’s inconvenient and difficult to navigate. But not impossible to achieve. I’m using an example from my recent casesContinue reading “About face: changing your position during Court of Protection proceedings – part 2”